Resident Liaison Officer

Mears Group

  • Lewes, East Sussex
  • £28,917 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Annual salary: up to £28,917.00Resident Liaison OfficerEastbourne & LewesFull Time PermanentSalary up to £28,917 per annum42.5 hours per week Monday – FridayWe are the largest provider of repairs and maintenance, and regeneration services across the UK. Mears provide tailored rapid-response and planned maintenance services through partnering arrangements with more than 70 local authorities, Arm’s Length Management Organisations and Housing Associations.About the Role:As a Resident Liaison Officer, you will be working on our SHDF retrofit programme within the social housing background, providing a stable and profitable contract, delivering excellent service and support through our local teams, who understand the importance of working together for the local community. Providing front facing support and advice as required and delivering proactive communication throughout the works life cycle. Putting the customer at the heart of everything we do; ensuring we meet the needs of the business, our clients, and our customers.Role Criteria:
  • Provide a front-line professional service to all customers - pro-actively deliver a positive face to face experience
  • Experience of handling multiple tasks in a high volume in a rapidly changing environment
  • Coordinate and deliver all customer operational related tasks and communication materials as appropriate
  • Ensure customer appointments are attended on time and to standard
  • Encourage positive relationships between Mears and the customer, ensuring all actions are followed up and communicated effectively
  • Support customer engagement activities across all channels
  • Support Customer Service Centre with resolution of front-line complaints and queries
  • Engage customers in a positive way, involve them in the overall delivery process, keeping them informed of progress on works and manage expectations
  • Convey accurate and timely information to customers and operational team, in clear simple terms
  • Ensure customers opinions are acknowledged and feedback into operational teams – champion customer insight solution
  • Experience of developing and delivering service improvements
  • Experience of partnership /alliance /collaborative working
  • Good time management, planning & organisational skills
  • Experience of working with computerised systems
  • Good written, verbal, and interpersonal skills with strong customer experience ethos and strong communication skills
  • Experience of delivering community projects
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21 have held your licence over 3 months and have less than 9 points.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.Benefits we can offer you
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Company Van and Fuel Card
  • Uniform
  • Annual Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
  • Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
  • Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
  • Family friendly policies
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact: Francesca Swan (francesca.swan@mearsgroup.co.uk)If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, we are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) to coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.

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